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G. McCOY. v MANUFACTURE OFAERATED WATERS.

No. 64,019. PatentedApr. 23, 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUPAGTURE 0F AIiItAIl-"JDv WATERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, GEORGE McCoY, of -the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Soda-Water and other Aerated Liquids, .and in the-vessels employed therefor, as well as to contain or hold the sanle after being manufactured; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulhhlear, and exact description thereof, which will cnableo thers skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the acconipanying drawings, forming part of'this specification.

The present invention consists in charging water or any other liquid or fluid .with'a. gas or gases by forcing the water or other liquidinto the vessel containing the gas in the form of small jets or spray, whereby the water is more perfectly exposed and subjected to the action of the gas, and consequently more thoroughly andfcompletely charged with the gas than it would be, or it is possible, when the water is discharged in a large'bodyor stream into "the gas-vessel, or even 'with the use ofan agitator, as has heretofore been the case in themanufacture of sodawvater more especially. This invention also consists in making the vessels in which soda-water or other aerated liquid or fluid is manufactured, or which are used for holding or containing suchliquids, of wood, strengthened by iron hoops or bands shrunk upon their body or about their sides, in combination with head-- plates made of metaland joined and connected together by suitablastay-rods or braces. In the accompanyingplate of drawings my improved vessels are illustrated, as well as one mode of discharging the water or other liquid into a vessel for being chargedwith gas- 7 r i I Figure 1 being an elevation of one side of a vessel made according to the presentinven'tion. Figure 2, a central vertical section. I Figure 3, a view on an enlarged scale of the spout or nozzle by which the water is discharged into the vessel containing the gas for being charged therewith; and I Figure 4, an end view of the nozzle. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawings, represents a vessel made according to the present invention, of which is its body portion, made of a tapering shape from end to end, vwhere it is closed by head-plates, C. This body B is formedof a. series of wooden steves, D, oak wood being the most preferable to use. These stuves are placed edge to edge: in a manner similar to the manufacture of barrels, hogshe'ads, etc., the several stuves being secured firmly bound together-by means of a series of iron hoops or bands, E, shrunk upon and about or around them in any suit-able manner, thus bracing the sides of the barrel or vessel to an extent sufficient for it to resist in that direction, or, in other words, laterally any pressure of gas upon its inside, which, in the manufacture of soda-water or other aerated liquids, it is necessary to maintain. The head-plates are made of metal, one being used upon each end of the vessel, beyond .the edge of which they project, and are both joined or connected together by means of a series of brace or stay-rods G at suitable points, the rods at one'end being headed, but at their other end provided'with or having nuts H screwed upon theni tightly, drawing the two plates together and against the ends of the body B, and consequently imparting strength and power oiiresistance to the vessel in the direction of its length or from end to end. Between the bead-plates and the ends-pi the vessel I deem it best to use a sheet of leather, or other suitable packing material, to render it all the more sir-tight, and" upon the inside'of the metal head-plates wooden heads, L, are placed for the more complete reduction of the amount of metal surface to which the water or other liquid and gas in the vessel is exposed, and thereby in a cone spotiding degree prevent the fainting of. the water, etcf M, u. pipe, represented as inserted in the upper cndor head of the vessel A, through which it extends, being suitably packed to make its'joint therewith air-tight, and having its inner end provided with a perforated cup or plate, N, forming a discharge nozzle. Through this pipe M the liquid to be charged with gas is passed, and as the end of such pipe upon the inside of the vessel is provided with a series.of perforations, the water, as it issues into the vessel, must take the form of small jets and of a. spray, as it were, thereby causing a. more perfect combination of the gas with the water, and consequently a better charging of the latter therewith.

Having thus described my improvements, I shall state my claims as follows: lVhat I claim as my invention, anddesire to have secured to me by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vessel for the manufacture of 80 191473)? or other aeret ed liquids, o r for holding the same after being manufactured, having its sides inade ef'wood secured by iron-bands or hoops, and-its two ends provided with metallic headi-plate s'. joined together by stay-rods or braces, and the whole const -uctedsubstantially as described.

2. In the manufacture ofa soda-water. and other aerated liquids, discharging the water or other liquid into the vessel containing the gas or gases with which" it is to be charged in the form of' small jets or spray, or iuiy other equivalent form, substantially as and for the purpose described. I v

' GEORGE McCOY.

Witness es:

Jenn 0. KommYs', H. A. KIRKHAM. 

